Pier 40, SoBro … and more

1. More on the new Pier 40 proposal [Post]
2. Retail, office development take off in South
Bronx [NYDN]
3. A suspended crane inspector resigns [Sun]
4. Companies that rent hotel rooms for long stretches in New York City might not
have to pay taxes on them anymore [Sun]
5. A Howard Johnson’s in Lake George
is one of only three left [Urbanite]
6. The use of eminent domain in Columbia
University’s Harlem expansion could
set the tone for Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn [Brooklyn Eagle]
7. Bed and breakfasts are sprouting up all over Brooklyn [NYDN]
8. Plaza beds are now sold everywhere [Hotel Chatter]
9. A look at MOMA’s prefab homes exhibit [Bloomberg]
10. They mystery of a long-shuttered Carroll Gardens
shop is explained [NYT]
11. 284 Bronx construction
workers will receive a total of $1.23 million in back pay as part of a
settlement over unpaid overtime [NYT]
12. Commercial real estate prices fell 3.5 percent in May, the most
since at least December 2000, according to Moody’s [Reuters]